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From: "Ned Ludd"
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Subject: Re: Do cats have buddha nature?
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 07:52:05 -0600
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bikini_bhikkuni wrote in message
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There was a monk who saw a cat and asked, "I call that a cat.
It is not clear to me, what do you call it?"
Chao-chou said, "It is you that calls it a cat."
- Record of Chao-chou, #486
A monk asked, "Does a dog have a Buddha nature or not?"
Chao-chou said, "Not [Mu]!"
The monk said, "Above to all the Buddhas, below to the crawling
bugs, all have Buddha-nature. Why is it that the dog has not?"
Chao-chou said, "Because he has the nature of karmic delusions."
- Record of Chao-chou, #132
A monk asked, "Does a dog have Buddha-nature or not?"
Chao-chou said, "The door of every house leads to the capital."
- Record of Chao-chou, #363